He is well known for his recurring role during the first two seasons of the TV series
Star Trek: Voyager, as First Maje
Jal Culluh, leader of the
Kazon-Nistrim. A very experienced
swordsman, he is also known for his roles on
Highlander: The Series, as Lymon Kurlow in the third-season episode "Blackmail", and as Otavio Consone in the fifth-season episode
"Duende". De Longis auditioned and was considered for the lead role in the series. A martial artist and weapon master in several disciplines, he played a swordsman opposite
Jet Li in the 2006 martial arts epic
Fearless, and gave
Harrison Ford extensive whip training for the 2008 film
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. He also taught
Michelle Pfeiffer how to use the bullwhip for her role as
Catwoman in the 1992 film
Batman Returns. De Longis provided the voice of
Marshal Leigh Johnson in the 2010
western video game,
Red Dead Redemption. He also appeared in the
downloadable content pack
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare. De Longis' best known film role was as the character
Blade in the 1987 film
Masters of the Universe, in which he was also
Frank Langella's stunt double. He also portrayed Gary Ketchum in
Road House, performing featured fights against
Patrick Swayze's Dalton. He appeared as Claus Van Zandt in 1985 on the
soap opera Days of Our Lives, and as Leo Mitchell in 1989 on
Santa Barbara. He has also made guest appearances on many other TV series, including
Battlestar Galactica (original series),
V,
Babylon 5,
Queen of Swords, and
MacGyver. De Longis provided his voice in a
Star Trek video game. De Longis was the voice actor as the main antagonist Lord Zygon in
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin on 1985 film. De Longis was also the swordmaster and stunt co-ordinator on the first six production episodes of the syndicated TV series
Queen of Swords (101-107, not 105). The Queen of Swords was portrayed by newcomer
Tessie Santiago and he trained her for two months in pre-production in California in the use of the rapier and dagger in the Spanish
mysterious circle (
Destreza) style to give the heroine a unique fighting style. He had used this style in the episode
"Duende" of
Highlander: The Series. He also trained Santiago in the use of the whip before moving to
Texas Hollywood,
Almería, Spain for the filming of the series. He appears in episode 1,
"Destiny", as Maestro Torres the fencing instructor of Tessa Alvarado and episode 16, "The Hanged Man", as the ruthless Krane of the title. In the series he trained guest stars
Bo Derek and
Cristián de la Fuente and also doubled for him. In 1999, De Longis formed Palpable Hit Productions, a production company specializing in bladed weapons and bullwhip training videos. The initial productions presented swordplay for performance, but in 2002 branched out to include historically correct combative fencing techniques in conjunction with the Martinez Academy of Arms. In 2009, De Longis appeared on an episode of the
Deadliest Warrior as an expert for the weapons and tactics used by
William Wallace. In 2015, De Longis appeared on an episode of
MythBusters, teaching
Adam Savage and
Jamie Hyneman how to use a
bullwhip so they could test
Indiana Jones myths. In 2018, De Longis appeared as a guest on an episode of
Good Mythical Morning in which he whipped
Rhett McLaughlin on the buttocks. In April 2023, De Longis returned to the show, prompting
Rhett & Link to play a memory game revisiting the details of his initial appearance. ==Personal life==